Commenting on the launch of our major report Making work better, Tony Burke, assistant deputy secretary of Unite, wrote on Left Foot Forward saying that there is 'a crying need' for clear policies to end low paid and low skilled work and to create decent workplaces. … [Read more...]
Fix Britain’s broken workplaces!
HR Review comprehensively covered our report Making work better. … [Read more...]
How to fix Britain’s broken workplaces
Paul Hunter, head of research at the Smith Institute, writing on the New Statesman website makes the case for workplace citizenship off the back of the Institute's Making work better report. … [Read more...]
Making work better
In this article for the IPA Inform website, Smith Institute director Paul Hackett highlights the findings of our recent report Making work better: an agenda for government. … [Read more...]
Setting out an agenda for fixing Britain’s broken workplaces
Launching our report Making work better, the Smith Institute's director Paul Hackett described on the Labour List website how the report sets out an alternative agenda for tackling Britain's workplaces. … [Read more...]
Outsourcing costs low-paid workers dear
Writing in The Guardian, the Smith Institute's director Paul Hackett writes about how spending cuts are dictating outsourcing deals and the impact this is having on low paid workers, bases on the Institute's report Outsourcing the cuts. … [Read more...]
Just 2% of councillors rate PRS as a priority
Inside Housing deputy news editor Pete Apps quotes our report The growth of the private rented sector saying only 2 percent of councillors believe that PRS is a priority in their area … [Read more...]
Council concerns over private rented sector
LocalGov covered our report The growth of the private rented sector … [Read more...]
Rental deposits rise while rent levels hold steady
The Independent discusses our report, The growth of the private rented sector: what do Local Authorities think? … [Read more...]